Alert archive / New York / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this tornado warning at Aug 7, 2011, 3:13 PM EDT for Wayne County, New York. It was in force for 32 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 7, 2011, 3:13 PM EDT (19:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2011, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Wayne County, NY
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 3:20 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Clyde, NY | TREE FELL ON HOUSE. |
| Aug 7, 3:25 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Savannah, NY | NUMEROUS TREES AND WIRES DOWN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 156 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 309 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 826 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WFUS51 KBUF 071913
TORBUF
NYC117-071945-
/O.NEW.KBUF.TO.W.0006.110807T1913Z-110807T1945Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
313 PM EDT SUN AUG 7 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
* UNTIL 345 PM EDT
* AT 309 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR CLYDE...OR
8 MILES WEST OF MONTEZUMA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
SAVANNAH...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A
TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER
YOUR HEAD.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
&&
LAT...LON 4314 7689 4311 7670 4307 7671 4306 7672
4302 7671 4301 7677 4302 7697
TIME...MOT...LOC 1912Z 295DEG 18KT 4305 7686
$$
HIBBERT1 follow-up statement
201
WWUS51 KBUF 071952
SVSBUF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
352 PM EDT SUN AUG 7 2011
NYC117-072002-
/O.EXP.KBUF.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110807T1945Z/
WAYNE NY-
352 PM EDT SUN AUG 7 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
AT 352 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD EXITED THE WARNED AREA...
THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 4314 7689 4311 7670 4307 7671 4306 7672
4302 7671 4301 7677 4302 7697
TIME...MOT...LOC 1913Z 295DEG 18KT 4305 7685
$$
HIBBERTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 7:52 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Chautauqua | 53 min |
| Aug 7, 12:21 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 54 min | |
| Aug 7, 12:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Livingston | 52 min |
| Aug 7, 12:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Livingston | 55 min |
| Aug 7, 12:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Niagara | 52 min |
| Aug 7, 1:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Wayne | 49 min |
| Aug 7, 1:50 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BUF | Erie, Niagara | 109 min |
| Aug 7, 2:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Wayne | 41 min |
| Aug 7, 2:44 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BUF | Monroe, Wayne | 104 min |
| Aug 7, 3:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BUF | Wayne | 25 min |
| Aug 7, 3:37 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 12 hr | |
| Aug 7, 4:16 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BUF | Cayuga, Wayne | 76 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.